S. 3251

Summary

S. 3251, the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Reauthorization Act, was introduced in the Senate on Nov 20, 2025 by Sen. Margaret Hassan (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on Nov 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 3251 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S3251 IS: State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Reauthorization Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-11-20
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3251  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   November 20, 2025   Ms. Hassan  (for herself and  Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize State and local cybersecurity grants for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Reauthorization Act  .
2.
Federal share
Section 2220A(m)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 665g(m)(1) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A)—
(A)
in clause (iii), by striking  and  at the end; and
(B)
by adding at the end the following:
(v)
for fiscal year 2026, 60 percent; and
 ; and
(2)
in subparagraph (B)—
(A)
in clause (iii), by striking  and  at the end;
(B)
in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(v)
for fiscal year 2026, 70 percent.
 .
3.
Authorization of appropriations
Section 2220A(r)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 665g(r)(1) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (C), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(E)
for fiscal year 2026, $300,000,000.
 .
4.
Termination
Section 2220A(s)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 665g(s)(1) ) is amended by striking  September 30, 2025  and inserting  September 30, 2026 .

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A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize State and local cybersecurity grants for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Margaret Hassan (D) sponsors S. 3251, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Margaret Hassan

Sen. · D–NH · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 20, 2025

John Cornyn

Sen. · R–TX · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 3251 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Referred To · Nov 20, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 3251 has taken 2 actions since Nov 20, 2025.

Votes

S. 3251 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 3251 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Reauthorization Act — Display Title
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Reauthorization Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize State and local cybersecurity grants for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 7 firms and 40 registered lobbyists who named S. 3251 in 24 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Homeland Security, Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Computer Industry, Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Education, Science/Technology.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 40.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3251 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3251’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

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